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|    Re: What is history?    |
|    03 Sep 17 23:59:44    |
      esmaspäev, 4. september 2017 6:31.46 UTC+3 kirjutas Steve Hayes:       > On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 02:27:10 -0700 (PDT), simo.runnel@gmail.com wrote:       >        > >Is history only the past or is it all times?       > >I think, that it is all times, but mainly the past.       >        > History is only in the past.        >        > The present is a moving target -- the moment you think about something       > that is happening it is already past. And thinking about future events       > is not history but prediction.                     There may be small differences in different languages. In Estonian language       'history' is 'ajalugu'. It consists of two words - 'aja', which means       'time's', and 'lugu', which means 'story'. One dictionary about Estonian       language says, that 'ajalugu' is        the process of society's and nature's development or the science about it.       German-Estonian dictionary says, that German word 'Geschichte' can mean       'history', but also 'story'. Some history books end with predictions.              Simo Runnel,       Estonia       >        >        > --        > Steve Hayes       > http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm       > http://khanya.wordpress.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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